Chords for Shakey Graves - The Donor Blues
Tempo:
124 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
A
F#
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
[D] Found my [G] fingers up north in the forest [D] on the [G] farm
Yeah, [D] I blamed them [G] woods for all I've [D] done
[D] Well, I watched my [G] woods walk west with an [D] [A] unreserved
[D] Just dropped my [G] stuff and waved my [A] fern
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
[D] Found my [G] fingers up north in the forest [D] on the [G] farm
Yeah, [D] I blamed them [G] woods for all I've [D] done
[D] Well, I watched my [G] woods walk west with an [D] [A] unreserved
[D] Just dropped my [G] stuff and waved my [A] fern
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G
D
A
F#
Am
G
D
A
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [D] Found my [G] fingers up north in the forest [D] on the _ _ [G] farm
_ Yeah, [D] I blamed them [G] woods for all I've [D] done
_ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] Well, I watched my [G] woods walk west with an [D] _ [A] unreserved
[G] _ _
_ _ [D] Just dropped my [G] stuff and waved my _ [A] fern
_ [G] _ _
[F#] _ Well, I have [A] often thought that [G] these old bones should [D] just go on ahead and break
If they gonna, [Am] _ _ _ [G] these old teeth should [D] just go on and give out
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] They're running the jail [D] for profit these _ days
_ That's what [G] they _ say
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Lost my [G] lungs long ago in the valley [D] of the _ [G] _ _
[D] trees
Yeah, I got [G] my call from the boys back [D] east
_ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ Yeah, sing sweet [G] songs for the throat that belongs [A] to her
[G] _
_ [D] _ Yeah, she wears my [G] heart and wears my [D] word
_ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [F#] Bought these [F#m] lips from the girl next door
[G] _ Problem is they only beg for [D] one more
[G] Sold _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [F#m] _ my skin for some fancy clothes
[G] I thought I'd get a better deal but that's the way it [D] _ _ _ _ [G]
goes
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ Well, I have [A] often thought that [G] these old bones should [D] just go on ahead and break
If they gonna, _ [Am] _ _ _
[G] these old teeth should [D] just go on and give out
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G]
They're running the jail [D] for profit these _ days
_ That's what [G] they _ say
[D] _ Want _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [F#] all the rest in a hollow tree
[G] They're out of medicine and they flat may be
[F#] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [D] Found my [G] fingers up north in the forest [D] on the _ _ [G] farm
_ Yeah, [D] I blamed them [G] woods for all I've [D] done
_ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] Well, I watched my [G] woods walk west with an [D] _ [A] unreserved
[G] _ _
_ _ [D] Just dropped my [G] stuff and waved my _ [A] fern
_ [G] _ _
[F#] _ Well, I have [A] often thought that [G] these old bones should [D] just go on ahead and break
If they gonna, [Am] _ _ _ [G] these old teeth should [D] just go on and give out
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] They're running the jail [D] for profit these _ days
_ That's what [G] they _ say
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Lost my [G] lungs long ago in the valley [D] of the _ [G] _ _
[D] trees
Yeah, I got [G] my call from the boys back [D] east
_ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ Yeah, sing sweet [G] songs for the throat that belongs [A] to her
[G] _
_ [D] _ Yeah, she wears my [G] heart and wears my [D] word
_ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [F#] Bought these [F#m] lips from the girl next door
[G] _ Problem is they only beg for [D] one more
[G] Sold _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [F#m] _ my skin for some fancy clothes
[G] I thought I'd get a better deal but that's the way it [D] _ _ _ _ [G]
goes
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ Well, I have [A] often thought that [G] these old bones should [D] just go on ahead and break
If they gonna, _ [Am] _ _ _
[G] these old teeth should [D] just go on and give out
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G]
They're running the jail [D] for profit these _ days
_ That's what [G] they _ say
[D] _ Want _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [F#] all the rest in a hollow tree
[G] They're out of medicine and they flat may be
[F#] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _